Human enhancement

Human beings in the past hunted and gathered for subsistence. This culture, also known as the “foraging culture” included strategies like hunting, trapping, fishing, and gathering, in order to obtain supplies. These behaviours placed demands on the body that are similar to vigorous exercises and were practiced by all humans, until 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, “when agriculture and animal domestication emerged in southwest Asia and in Mesoamerica”. Innovations such as agriculture and animal…

developed genetic engineering in animals. Gene modification enhances animals by increasing fertility, and allows the possibility of cloning. However, cloning and designing animals leads to the application of genetic modification in humans. In Dinesh D’Souza’s essay, “Staying Human,” he reveals the positive and negative effects of genetic engineering, but he affirms the unethical application of genetic engineering. Because of this advancement, parent’s “play God” and design their own offspring.…

our bodies also need energy. The human body requires energy that comes from food to power itself and to enable it run smoothly. The foods that people eat provide them with different nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, water and fats (Kuskowski, 2013). Other nutrients that we generate from food include proteins and carbohydrates among others. The point of concern is that many people have engaged themselves in poor eating styles that are not healthy to the human body. Poor eating habits result…

development are financial health, profit, and shareholder value. Other dimensions of this chakra are like employee health, comfortable life and safety. This is their strength, and potentially their limitation. The vision and mission of leader meets real human need and for that he will need clear strategies for survival, security and safety. The root center at the base of spine is the life-giving principle. 2.5.2.2 Svadisthana Chakra - Sacral Chakra (sexual/financial center) The…

One aspect of utopia is access to information, independent thought and freedom. Access enables humans to improve and strive closer to utopic perfection. Yet, the pursuit of access is made problematic due to the failure to reach a complete idealized perfection through the creation of inequality, discrimination and entrapment in the process; paving the formation of a seemingly more dystopic societal construct. Tension arises between the push and pull between utopian and dystopian perspectives…

Watson Watson is a computer system that was designed and built by IBM in order to compete on Jeopardy, an American TV quiz show, against human contestants at an expert level live on the show. Watson was named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson. IBM Research have set out objectives to develop computer science with regard to pushing the boundaries of computer technology so as to advance the areas such as business, society and of course science. In order to achieve, this IBM Research took 3 years…

When a colleague asks how we are first thing in the morning, our answer is frequently a lie; regardless of how we feel that day and what is going on our lives, we automatically present a picture of wellness and happiness. This is just the first of many lies we will tell throughout our day, assuming we have not already lied to those we may have encountered in our household. Indeed, lies permeate our lives, and the average person [insert statistics here]. Why do we do this? What is the point of…

Religion has been a major component in our society for hundreds of years and has helped the human race endure many dilemmas that may have been difficult to go through, but religion has also been the stop to the ‘progressive thinking’ of many and even separated some families. Religion can affect a person’s way of thinking and even their way of life because it can… In Lawrence and Lee’s Inherit the Wind we see many situations in which the manner of thinking of the citizens in the town of Hillsboro…

Stanley Donwood’s Get Out Before Saturday is a painting with several subtle symbols referencing, in my interpretation, a post-apocalyptic landscape. In this paper, I will be investigating and attempting to prove that Donwood’s inspiration for the piece stems from humankind’s deterioration of the planet through our ideological shortcomings in regards to both the environment, and global politics. Furthermore, I will be addressing my belief that Donwood intends to issue a warning through the…

equal than others.” Simply, while all animals are treated as living creatures with fundamental rights, some are superior to others. Arguably, this is reflected in the legislative definitions of animals in various jurisdictions. Non-human animals are distinguished from human animals , such as in s 2 of the Animal and Birds Act (“ABA”) of Singapore. This is similarly reflected in the animal welfare legislations of Malaysia, Australia and the United Kingdom (“UK”). 2. It is precisely because of…